Toxicological and immunohistochemical testing of honeybees after oxalic acid and rotenone treatments

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296-305

  Gregorc, Aleš ^a,b   Smodiš Škerl, Maja Ivana ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Apis mellifera; Cell death; Mortality; Treatment; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

BEE; IMMUNOASSAY; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; MORTALITY; OXALIC ACID; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICOLOGY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 34547441784     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007014     Document Type: Article

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